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lover of music, hater of tornadoes

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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Just to use two bands that are reasonably popular with my age cohort, particularly those who went into tech, as examples: An AI trained on Undertow and Ænima is never going to give you Lateralus. An AI trained on Pablo Honey, The Bends, and OK Computer is never going to give you Kid A.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/09/2026
*extremely tired voice*AI agents don't "go rogue". They are not sentient; they don't have agency. They work within guardrails set by humans. If the humans are so shit at building secure sandboxes for the agents to work within, that's on the humans. Stop using this framing.
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Better to hold one barrel than to curse the darkness.
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lotta people this weekend are gonna have a karaoke mic in their hand when they find out that Dolly was a SINGER singer and even the songs she made sound easy are very hard. Keep your head on a swivel.
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Four books that turned me into a huge nerd.
Marguerite, Go Wash Your Feet, by Wallace TrippCastle, by David Macaulayaha! Insight, by Martin GardnerThe Adventures of Tintin, Destination Moon, by Hergé
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Gideon Emery, doing Balthier. The narrator will end up being the real leading man.
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
She says forever to light a fuse We could use A handful of wheel And a day off And a bruised road However You might feel Tonight is real
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No Cartridge Trev @nocartridge.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are all dead and we spoiled the world before we died. There’s nothing left. Nothing but dreams. -LeGuin, The Lathe of Heaven, in a surprisingly impactful moment
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Upwards, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1929, (rotated, detail), 📸 by Lars Baron
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Look, it had Courtney Cox in it so if nothing else the folks who live for trivia night are aware it existed, but does that really count as remembering?
The cast of short-lived TV show Misfits of Science.
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Andrew Fear 🎃 @andrewfleer.com · 16/06/2026
Damn it, Ollie
Cheese, celery, peas, tuna, cream of mushroom, egg noodles, onion, parsley, butter, Gatorade
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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
Photo of Sonny Rollins playing saxophone in 2009 by John Abbott
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I’m like 97% sure this was one of the lunchboxes I used in elementary school.
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Producing insanely extravagant variety shows.
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
It’s inaccurate to say Mario is brave and Luigi is cowardly Luigi is afraid of death, so he runs away from danger. Mario is afraid of living, so he runs towards death. Both brothers are cowards in their own way
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 15/04/2026
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse Media and universities: AI is here to stay
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/04/2026
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
Her father shook his head. “And you like doing this?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
Tiffany had to think about this, her father’s eyes never leaving her face. “Well, Dad, you know how Granny Aching always used to say, ‘Feed them as is hungry, clothe them as is naked, and speak up for them as has no voices’? Well, I reckon there is room in there for ‘Grasp for them as can’t bend, reach for them as can’t stretch, wipe for them as can’t twist,’ don’t you? And because sometimes you get a good day, that makes up for all the bad days and, just for a moment, you hear the world turning,” said Tiffany. “I can’t put it any other way.”
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princess zandra but kinda chinese @spacehunterm.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I saw the best minds of my generation produce high quality content for startups that laid them off on a zoom call
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pig'slaundry @pigslaundry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Do not watch Sesame Street on Tubi with the subtitles on 😭. I swear, I didn't edit or add anything. Is it hilarious? Yes, but also, they need to fix this immediately. Absolutely incomprehensible and bad
Screenshot of Elmo next to his pet's fishbowl in Elmo's World. The subtitles say "We. Dorothy's been thinking abou and down to what’s her daughter."four birds in a cartoon from Sesame Street, with the caption reading "Oh, shit"Another Sesame Street cartoon saying "Oh shit"Screenshot of Big Bird in Hooper’s Store with live human Alan and a flying red bird. The subtitles read: "Time for the birth of terror. Me"
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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
3/19/26
Nancy checks on Sluggo in the tree house, he reveals that he’s letting a family of birds stay in the place with him. Then he remarks that they’re paying him rent in Woims
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Dune part 3 poster but it says they pay me in woims
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This is going to sound weird, but NE Alabama is really nice, at least this time of year. Go hang out in Desoto State Park for a few days, do some hiking, see some waterfalls, maybe head up towards Chattanooga and see Rock City and Ruby Falls, check out Cloudland Canyon in NW Georgia along the way.
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I have a collection of over 200 rare guitar jokes, but I never tell them.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 09/03/2026
You're not going to make any money doing this and no one is going to read it, so you must hope for a secret third thing to happen
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
You may be surprised to learn that the overwhelming majority of the responses to this include the phrase “podcast meat”.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
an updated debbie downer sketch but it's friends showing her funny videos and she has to respond like this to every single one like this:
A screenshot of Rachel Dratch from SNL. She's a white woman with short dark hair and blue eyes, and she's making an awkward expression that implies, "Sorry I have to tell you this and ruin your good time. But also I'm kind of not sorry about it." I've added a subtitle that reads, "That's AI."
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Nancy 2/22/26… 🪱WOIMS🪱
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results" and i was like. oh!
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Keith @keithdunn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
The conch was blown at 5:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100
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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
There are some Star Trek fans weirdly obsessed with “decorum” and they really fixate on how Holly Hunter sits in the captain’s chair on STARFLEET ACADEMY. One guy left a comment on the official FB whining about it and so Captain Janeway herself responded to drop the hammer
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Every single one of these would be a top tier senior yearbook quote.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
NO
marketing email from Greyhound with subject line "Want a weekend adventure to brag about?"
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 11/01/2026
merchants and farmers bank, columbus, mississippi, 1986
merchants and farmers bank, columbus, mississippi, 1986
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
(Bjork voice) And if you complain once more
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
When you get the reputation of being the guy with the encouraging words on New Year's Eve, it can start to come through as a little pressure -- what if the situation on the ground is worse than usual? what if people are more scared than they usually are, and with cause? what use are good vibes then?
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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Holiday Lights 2.0 (1995)
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downchasm @downchasm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
sony pocketstation
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A Place For Owls @aplaceforowls.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
every year is a good year for music if you like music
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
One of the worst parts about your kids growing up is getting rid of a *really* good box because no one wants it.
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
See also “Steal Smoked Fish”, by the Mountain Goats.
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Erin Returns From The Grave 🦇🖤🦇 @woodaba.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
every clip people post about northernlion is him saying some "you need to touch grass. engage in earthly virtues, the pleasures of the spirit and the mind. reject dopamine. seek transcendence" while he plays 'Subway Surfers But It Makes You Addicted to Slot Machines' in the background
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Does anyone know their fanbase better than tMG?
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 02/11/2025
princess theater, columbus, mississippi, 1986
princess theater, columbus, mississippi, 1986
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jboggess @jboggess.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Brent’s singing and playing on Jaguar God is up there in prog metal’s All Time Great territory, as far as I’m concerned. The delivery on “I’m a vagabond tramp” alone is worth a nod. Such a bummer. youtu.be/yvSPWG_mE4c
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Jaguar God
YouTube video by Mastodon - Topic
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